ANNA Shelter rescues 28 cats over 24 hour span
(WJET/WFXP)– The ANNA Shelter is reminding the public why they don’t have a time limit for their rescue operations after taking in more than 25 cats from two Erie area locations within a 24-hour span. The shelter’s animal cruelty division said they rescued 28 cats on Wednesday, November 12, after both Pennsylvania...
GECAC’s R. B. Wiley Senior Center closing at end of the year
A local senior center is shutting its doors at the end of the year, marking an end to a decades-old service in downtown Erie. GECAC’s R. B. Wiley Senior Center on Peach Street will be closing down on December 23. The organization’s director of senior centers said funding and attendance issues led to the closure. […]
Study finds methane leaking into PA groundwater from oil, gas wells
Geochemists at Penn State's College of Earth and Mineral Sciences recently found in a study that retired oil and gas wells are leaking methane into nearby groundwater.
East Erie structure fire leaves one displaced
One person has been displaced after a fire broke out at a home on Erie’s east side Wednesday night. Calls went out for a multiresidential structure fire around 10:06 pm Wednesday in the 700 block of East 12th Street. Erie firefighters said heavy smoke and flames were coming from the unoccupied second floor of the […]
Plans approved for new Millcreek apartment complex
The Millcreek Township Board of Supervisors has approved a development plan for a new apartment complex. Six duplex dwellings with associated stormwater management facilities and parking will be built near the corner of West Lake Road and Linden Avenue. Within the last year, the area was rezoned to mixed-use 1 to...
Second Harvest Annual Food Drive
Greg Hall sits down and shares what to expect with this year's food drive and how to help.
Erie police, officials unveil new SWAT van
The city of erie is adding a new piece of equipment to their police force to continue efforts of strengthening public safety in the community. City of Erie Mayor Joe Schember, Erie Police Chief Dan Spizarny and EPD SWAT Commander Steve Deluca unveiled a new SWAT rapid deployment regional command vehicle. The vehicle,...
Man conducting traffic control seriously injured in alleged hit-and-run accident
(WJET/WFXP) – One man conducting traffic control was hospitalized following an alleged hit-and-run accident in Erie County. On Saturday, November 8, around 6 p.m., officers with Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) Erie responded to a reported hit-and-run accident near St. Boniface Church on Wattsburg Road in Greene...
Woman Injured in Erie House Fire Passes Away
A woman who sustained severe injuries in a house fire last month has tragically passed away. Chief Fire Marshal Don Sauer confirmed to Erie News Now that 69-year-old Mitzie Weber died on November 5th. Weber was initially treated at UPMC Hamot in Erie before being transferred to the burn unit...
Erie man sentenced to probation for harassing woman at Harmony business
An Erie man was sentenced Thursday in Butler County Common Pleas Court to serve 36 months of probation and pay fines after pleading guilty to charges Zelienople police filed for harassing an employee at a Harmony business. Preston C. Edmands, 41, was sentenced to serve three consecutive 12-month terms of...
